中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2023, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (1): 109-110.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.339479

• 观点:神经损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

黑腹果蝇成虫盘中的胶质再生反应

  

  • 出版日期:2023-01-15 发布日期:2022-06-16

Glial regenerative response in the imaginal discs of Drosophila melanogaster

Sergio B. Velarde, Antonio Baonza*   

  1. Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa”, CSIC/UAM, Madrid, Spain
  • Online:2023-01-15 Published:2022-06-16
  • Contact: Antonio Baonza, PhD, abaonza@cbm.csic.es.

摘要: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3252-0038 (Antonio Baonza)

Abstract: Glial cells play a key role during nervous system development and actively participate in all the cellular processes involved in maintaining its structural robustness and functional plasticity. In response to neuronal damage, glial cells proliferate, migrate to the injured region and change their morphology, function, and behavior (Gallo and Deneen, 2014; Kato et al., 2018). This glial regenerative response is associated with the repairing function of these cells and is found across species, suggesting that it may reflect a common underlying genetic mechanism (Kato et al., 2018). In mammals, while the central nervous system has very limited capacity to regenerate after traumatic injury or disease, the peripheral nervous system (PNS) exhibits a far greater capacity for regeneration and damaged peripheral nerves can be totally restored (Brosius Lutz and Barres, 2014; Gallo and Deneen, 2014). The PNS largely owes its regenerative potential to the ability of the main glial cells present in the PNS, myelin, and non-myelin (Remak) Schwann cells, to convert to cells devoted to repairing after injury (Nocera and Jacob, 2020). During the regeneration of peripheral nerves in vertebrates, Schwann cells function as a central hub, collecting signals from neurons and other cell types and undergoing a complex process of reprogramming which converts them into a specialized cell for repair. Even though many aspects of regeneration in peripheral nerves have been studied, there is still a lack of understanding regarding the genetic network that controls the flexible differentiation state of PNS neurons and Schwann. The identification of those signals is essential for getting new insight to develop innovative regenerative therapies. In this scenario, the use of relatively simple model organisms, amenable to genetic, cellular, and molecular analysis is fundamental to study the behavior of glial cells in response to damage in their natural context.